, Turkey
Sept 7 2008

French FM: Re-establishing Turkey-Armenia contact important

Kouchner said that the visit of Gul and Turkish Foreign Minister Ali
Babacan to Yerevan should be considered beyond a soccer match.

Sunday, 07 September 2008 10:03

EU term president France’s Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on
Saturday that Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s visiting Yerevan (for
Armenia-Turkey soccer game) was important in the aspect of
re-establishing the contact between the two countries.

Speaking to reporters after an informal meeting of EU foreign
ministers in France, Kouchner said that the visit of Gul and Turkish
Foreign Minister Ali Babacan to Yerevan should be considered beyond a
soccer match. Kouchner added that EU welcomed the visit.

Kouchner also said that the crisis in Caucasus was high on the agenda
of EU foreign ministers meeting, adding that Babacan briefed the
participants about Turkey’s Caucasus Stability Pact proposal.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress